Mark is a director with Baker Tilly’s state and local tax practice. He is a property tax professional with more than 15 years of experience, providing excellent client service to thousands of customers. Known for his ability to resolve conflicts. Mark has a proven ability to successfully prepare business personal property returns and analyses for clients nationwide.
- Led the East Coast compliance practice managing diverse clients across industries
- Scaled a firm’s revenue from $25,000 to nearly $500,000 through strategic client development and service expansion
- Delivered proactive tax savings strategies for complex clients and embedded optimizations into field returns
- Conducted site evaluations to identify tax-saving opportunities and executed asset studies and inventories nationwide
- Contributed to a national business personal property budgeting and forecasting initiative
- Participated in sales calls to expand the client base and cross-sold firm services
- Represented clients in Board of Equalization hearings and settlement conferences across the Southeast
- Prepared business personal property tax returns for manufacturing, retail, commercial real estate and hospitality sectors
- Developed expertise in multistate tax law and compliance processes
- Reviewed assessments for appeal opportunities including obsolescence and inutility adjustments
- Applied sales, cost and income valuation approaches to support accurate assessments
- Managed the full appeal process and ensured timely tax bill payments
- Supervised consultants and analysts
- Appraised property for a tax assessor’s office and maintained a high success rate representing the county in Board of Equalization hearings
- Gained deep insight into mass appraisal systems and local government procedures
- Forsyth County March for Babies, chairman
- Upstreet Kindergarten Small Group Leader, volunteer
- Outstanding volunteer award, March of Dimes